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Front Cover, Morris, Picturesque Views Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

The front cover of the book is dark red with gold inlay. Unfortunately the book has warped, possibly from water damage, and will not sit flat on the scanner.

Keywords: book covers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-04-20

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Photograph of the Book Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

A photograph of the “Picturesque Views” book showing the red moroccan leather cover and the gold tooling. In the background are some other antique books, and a brown leather-bound antiquarian book fr [...]

Keywords: pictures of books, books, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-06-10

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Windsor Castle, The Royal Residence Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

The history of Windsor Castle is the history of England and of England’s Kings and Queens. [...] The building is worthy of England, and of the long and illustrious line of monarchs who have sat upon o [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, buildings, water, boats, flags, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Windsor; Berkshire; England

Added: 2009-11-18

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Wilton House Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

It was hard to do justice to the delicate colours of this 8-colour printed plate of Wilton House in Wiltshire.WILTON HOUSE,WILTON, WILTSHIRE.—EARL OF PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERY.Wilton Houseis an imposing [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, buildings, trees, water, colour

Places shown: Wilton; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2007-02-10

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Howsham Hall. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

A man on a horse, with a gun and hunting-dogs, approaching a country manor-house over snow. It looks like a storm is coming. There are ancient trees here. The text accompanying this is as follows:HO [...]

Keywords: manors, buildings, snow, people, trees, dogs, winter, colour, christmas

Places shown: Malton; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2007-02-15

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Picton Castle. – Pembrokeshire. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

A splendid and ancient Welsh castle dating back a thousand years, and still inhabited today.PICTON CASTLE,NEAR HAVERFORDWEST, PEMBROKESHIRE.—PHILLIPS.Frequently, as will be seen, as this ancient mansi [...]

Keywords: castles, manors, buildings, towers, grass, windows, colour

Places shown: Picton; Haverfordwest; Pembrokeshire; Wales

Added: 2013-02-26

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Eaton Hall.—Duke of Westminster Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

The picture shows a man and a woman, the woman with a long crinoline domed skirt (shaped like a dalek), the man with a cane pointing at a small dog; they are walking on a smooth lawn with an insanely [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, gothic architecture, colour, people, spires, windows, grass, sky

Places shown: Eaton; Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2021-02-15

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Warwick Castle.—Earl of Warwick Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

A splendid view of Warwick Castle, printed in colour. The text reads as follows:WARWICK CASTLE,NEAR WARWICK, WARWICKSHIRE.—EARL OF WARWICK.Cymbeline, King of Britain, is by some supposed to have built [...]

Keywords: castles, buildings, water, trees, colour, boats, people, colour

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2007-02-08

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Chatsworth. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

CHATSWORTH.near Bakewell, Derbyshire.—Duke of Devonshire.Thesituation of Chatsworth is exceedingly beautiful, in the romantic part of Derbyshire which Sir Walter Scott has celebrated in “Peveril of th [...]

Keywords: manors, stately homes, exteriors, views, parks, deer, animals, people, trees, palaces, colour

Places shown: Chatsworth; Bakewell; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2018-03-27

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Guy’s Cliffe. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

A strikingly beautiful manor house, with the moat in the foreground; today it lies in ruins. There are several other pictures of the same site; see the Location link. I have included a 1680x1050 pix [...]

Keywords: manors, stately homes, exteriors, parks, buildings, colour, water, trees, colour

Places shown: Guy’s Cliffe; Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2007-06-16

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Charlecote. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

Today, Charlecote Park is run by the National Trust; it is described there are a 16th century manor, although there had probably been a house there for some five hundred or more years. This picture, m [...]

Keywords: manors, buildings, houses, tudor architecture, arches, windows, clocks, colour

Places shown: Wellesbourne; Stratford-on-Avon; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2009-12-04

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Wentworth Woodhouse. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

WENTWORTH HOUSENear Rotherham, Yorkshire. Earl FitzWilliam.Thisgrand seat of one of our greatest English families, is most beautifully situated in the West-Riding of Yorkshire, four miles from “Fair R [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, buildings, trees, colour, deer, windows, wallpaper, backgrounds, widescreen

Places shown: Rotherham; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2013-12-31

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Alton Towers (4:3 wallpaper version) Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

A version of theAlton Towerspicture cropped slightly to make it fit on a 1600x1200, 1024x768 or similar compute screen.

Keywords: manors, castles, towers, turrets, trees, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds, widescreen

Places shown: Alton Towers; Staffordshire; England

Added: 2009-02-22

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Alton Towers. Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

Aother beautiful manor house or castle, with lots of towers and turrets. This picture is suitable for use as a computer desktop background image (wallpaper, root window picture) on a widescreen (8:5) [...]

Keywords: manors, castles, towers, turrets, trees, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds, widescreen

Places shown: Alton Towers; Staffordshire; England

Added: 2009-02-22

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Newstead Abbey Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

A partly-ruined romantic gothic mansion beside a lake with a fountain.NEWSTEAD ABBEY.NEAR MANSFIELD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—WEBB.Newstead Abbey, “one of the finest specimens in existence of those quaint and [...]

Keywords: manors, castles, houses, buildings, lakes, water, windows, trees, colour

Places shown: Newstead; Nottinghamshire; England

Added: 2015-07-04

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Whitley Court Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

Witley Court was badly damaged by a fire in 1937, some 60 years after this picture was made. The description in the book tries hard, i think, to hide the writer’s disdain for the self-made.WHITLEY COU [...]

Keywords: manors, stately homes, victorian excess, opunlence, columns, houses, parks, colour

Places shown: Witley Court; Great Witley; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2020-11-01

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